University of Mary Washington Top Questions

rejects from uva, william & mary and any other "good" school

Many think that UMW is an all girls college or that most of the students are girls. Before coming to UMW, I heard that there were a lot of commuter students and that most people go home on the weekends. Another stereotype is that because we're not a big school/don't have frats or sororities that the campus is boring.

Umw girls are busted (ugly) umw students aren't very intelligent umw students are all goody-goodys the girls are all lesbians or feminists

There are no minorities, that its just a white middle class school, there are no parties and everyone just studies all the time, there are no guys at UMW

That it is a suitcase school, everyone goes home on the weekends, and that it is full of lesbians and gay guys.

All white, no diversity

That we are a very preppy, rich, slightly snobby class of white upperclass children.

UMW is small, so a lot of people think our school is dull, as in zero fun stuff to do on the weekends due to students returning home whenever they can.

There are way more girls than there are guys, the food is crappy, and the dorms suck.

Being a UMW student myself, I'm not sure exactly how we are perceived by the surrounding community. I do know that there are jokes about how UMW stands for 'University of Mostly Whites', but other than that I'm not sure.